Pojun in Chen/Xu Life Palace: Reading Guide

A general in the field need not obey; yet caught in the net

Pojun in Chen/Xu Life Palace: one star sitting Life Palace alone. Opposite is Ziwei and Tianxiang, the Career Palace is Tanlang, and the Wealth Palace is Qisha. Pojun is like a vanguard. Sitting alone in Chen/Xu, opposite Ziwei cannot govern it well—called 將在外，君命有所不受 (a general in the field need not obey every order): rebellious, unbound, pioneering force at its peak. Life will have extraordinary disaster and encounter; perseverance remains inside setbacks. Opposite Ziwei–Tianxiang raises ambition; the native is impatient for gain and cannot stay long under others. Yet it falls into the net, like a wild horse tethered: ambition is hard to extend, too utilitarian, kinship is thin, pressure is high, and health is harmed. Lu must be seen for pioneering to yield a harvest; without Lu it is a war of attrition—great ambition, thin talent. Many malefics may mean lifelong illness. Chen/Xu are prosperous grounds, most favourable for military posts, with unexpected achievement easier. Fortune Palace Wuqu and Tianfu are both wealth stars, so the conditions for wealth are there. Property Palace sun and moon in the same degree is called 日月照壁格 (Sun and Moon Illuminate the Wall pattern); meeting auspicious stars, real estate is possible. Yet influenced by the opposite palace, most are wealthy without honour: name larger than real authority.

Pojun in Chen/Xu Life Palace by birth year

Jia-year natives, Pojun in Chen/Xu Life Palace

Life Palace Pojun Hua Quan; Spouse Palace Lianzhen Hua Lu shines on Career: Quan and Lu come to shine, pioneering force is strong. Fortune Palace Wuqu Hua Ke: there is blessing. Lucun and Tiankui/Tianyue come to meet, governing wealth. Storms through life are still many; name and profit do not come in calm.

Gui-year natives, Pojun in Chen/Xu Life Palace

Life Palace Pojun Hua Lu, Property Palace Taiyin Hua Ke, Lucun in Zi, guarding the Wealth and Fortune line. The native is more calculating, yet blessing remains; pioneering has more harvest, not only drain without store. Small-minded, yet there is surplus grain.

Bing-year natives, Pojun in Chen/Xu Life Palace

Parents Palace Tiantong Hua Lu, Lucun in Si, guarding Parents and Health. Tianji Hua Quan on the Siblings and Friends line: Quan and Lu clamp Life. The family is wealthier, ancestral property can be inherited. Xu palace is better than Chen; the root is thicker.

Wu-year natives, Pojun in Chen/Xu Life Palace

Career Palace Tanlang Hua Lu: pioneering has a harvest. Property Palace Taiyin Hua Quan; Tiankui and Tianyue in Chou/Wei, Lucun in Si. The family is wealthy; ancestral property can be inherited, and the native can also acquire property. The root is thicker; conditions for wealth are more complete.

Teacher Ming's reading: Pojun in Chen/Xu Life Palace

A general in the field who need not obey often sounds cool to students. I read Pojun sitting alone in Chen/Xu as opposite Ziwei unable to govern it well: rebellion and pioneering at their peak. Yet Chen/Xu is the net, like a wild horse tethered: ambition hard to extend, pressure high, health harmed. Lu must be seen for pioneering to yield a harvest; without Lu it is a war of attrition.

Jia, Gui, Bing, and Wu years have Quan/Lu or can inherit ancestral property; the root is thicker. If your year is not listed, do not worry—first understand this star group's temperament.

Pojun in Chen versus Xu

Wealthy without honour; name larger than real authority

Prosperous ground favours military posts; unexpected achievement is easier. Fortune Palace Wuqu and Tianfu are both wealth stars; Property Palace 日月照壁 (Sun and Moon Illuminate the Wall) can mean real estate. Influenced by the opposite palace, most are wealthy without honour: name larger than real authority, empty title more than a real seat.

Great ambition, yet like a wild horse tethered

Ziwei–Tianxiang raises ambition for rank and Lu. The native is impatient for gain and cannot stay under others, yet is tethered by the net: ambition hard to extend. Too utilitarian, and kinship thins; pressure is high and health is harmed. With Lu, pioneering has a harvest.

將在外，君命有所不受 (a general in the field need not obey every order)

Sitting alone in the net, yet opposite Ziwei cannot govern it well: rebellion and pioneering at their peak. Dislikes being bound; brave in reform. Life will have extraordinary disaster and encounter; perseverance remains inside setbacks. It cannot stop.

Learning points: Pojun in Chen/Xu Life Palace

1. Property Palace 日月照壁 (Sun and Moon Illuminate the Wall): ancestral property can be inherited and self-acquired: Taiyang and Taiyin in Chou/Wei illuminate the wall: inheritance is possible, and acquiring property oneself is also possible. Life Palace must be auspicious before wealth can be discussed; Xu palace is better than Chen. Tianliang Hua Lu: property is more fluid, dead assets cannot be held, and real estate will also turn over.
2. Fortune Palace Wuqu and Tianfu: money worries are few, the mind is tired: both are wealth stars, so shortage of money is less, yet the body is at rest while the mind labours; the native cannot sit still. Meeting Lu without malefics: both money and blessing are fine. Meeting malefics and Hua Ji: easy to be robbed through money, often trapped by money; even wealth cannot sleep.
3. Meeting Quan and Lu, a household can be raised from a blank start: Hua Quan or Hua Lu: there is a specialty, a love of art, and active seeking of chances to break the net. Though labour and travel, a field can be opened, a household raised from a blank start, and the net can be charged through.
4. Prosperous seat dislikes Wenchang and Wenqu sharing the palace: prosperous ground favours military posts and pioneering. Wenchang and Wenqu sharing the palace is disliked: the temperament does not match, charge is short, empty thought without action is easy, reform stays in the idea, it cannot move, plans are many and landing is few.
5. Without Lu, pioneering is only a war of attrition: pioneering is strong, yet Lu must be seen for a harvest. Most prefers Tanlang or Pojun Hua Lu, and also three-harmony Lucun. No Lu and meeting malefics: career easily breaks, and the body also has disaster and illness. Most disliked is Tuoluo and Huoxing sharing the palace: the native is even more extreme.

Teacher Ming's reading: how to read Pojun in Chen/Xu

To close this article: Pojun in Chen/Xu, a general in the field yet caught in the net. Fortune Palace has two wealth stars: shortage of money is less, yet the body is at rest while the mind labours. Property Palace 日月照壁 (Sun and Moon Illuminate the Wall): ancestral property can be inherited and self-acquired. Meeting Quan and Lu, a household can be raised from a blank start. Most disliked is Tuoluo and Huoxing sharing the palace. Most are wealthy without honour: name larger than real authority.

Three points are enough to remember. First, only with Lu is there a harvest; without Lu it is empty drain. Second, the net is not asking you to resign—it is asking you not to ram it with brute force. Third, money worries are few, the mind is tired; even wealth must ask whether Life Palace is clear.

To check whether your chart is Pojun in Chen/Xu Life Palace, first use the free Zi Wei Dou Shu chart tool against this article, then read The fourteen main star types and meanings for Pojun’s basic nature, and A complete explanation of Ziwei Doushu sihua for how each birth-year sihua strengthens or weakens the stars.